The time has come, 2017 is already way in the past so Volunteers Center Skopje prepared a report on our activities from the last year. Training courses, youth exchanges, workshops, projects, NGO fair, conferences, local events and much more. Browse through and see what VCS has done in 2017! https://issuu.com/vcsvoices/docs/annual_report_vcs_2017
Yesterday 15th of February we had the pleasure to gather with our old and new friends in Café Bar “Ljubov” for the first Language Cafe of 2018. Language Café is an event where people can practice different languages in laid back environment. For me the atmosphere of the event was very warm and friendly. It…
Let’s play sports. The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. We hoped for semifinals and the medal, in the end we fell down at the bottom, so most of us do not even know how the European Handball Championship finished in Croatia. That’s how it is in life and in sports. Read what the famous…
Eight countries, 30 participants, Erasmus training in the winter fairy tale called Kuti, Czech Republic. Christian Stankovski, Martin Terziski, Petar Nestoroski and Angela Rajcevska were representatives of the Volunteers Center Skopje at the first aid training organized by the partners “Four Links”. “We went into an adventure filled with many uncertainties. Intriguing expectations that took…
In the period 15-19 of January 2018, in Nurnberg, Germany,representatives from VCS attended the seminar within the project “Brain Drain, Brain Gain + Circular migration”, implemented by the strategic partner from Germany, MEMOS. This seminar was the third mobility activity within the project with the same name and the activity connected together 14 youth workers/leaders,…
After being on the road for 20 hours, changing four intercity and international buses across three countries, we finally reached what is also known as the Romanian Baden-Baden, Monteoru, Romania! The first morning started with an energizer that created a very nice atmosphere in the group. We gathered then in activities room where we found…
From 20th to 29th of October, 7 participants from Macedonia, representatives of Volunteers Center Skopje, took part in the Youth Exchange named “Common Future” which was held in Rudnik, Serbia. This Youth Exchange was organized by „Inženjeri zaštite životne sredine – Environment Engineering Group” and realized through the Erasmus+ programme. There also were participants from…
Four leaf clovers and Leprechauns are the first two things that pop up in your mind when you think of Ireland. However, that was not our experience. We were a group of five young volunteers from Macedonia who went to visit Ireland for the first time in their lives on a youth exchange on the…
In the period between 21st and 27th of January, VCS was hosting the second mobility (study visit) for youth workers, within the Capacity building project (KA segment of the Erasmus PlusProgramme) titled “TrainVol”. The study visit in Skopje is second out of four planned mobility, on which the selected youth workers will have the opportunity to…
Anti Bullying workshops in “Colegiul Tehnic de Industrie Alimentara” from Arad. Our #allDifferent volunteers are in full of energy after the winter holiday Follow our page to find out more about their activities.
It appears unexpectedly. Usually, it seems wrong to us and destroys any ideal that we stick to it, when it comes to love and what it should be. It comes with so much ease that we do not believe it is possible at all. We can not explain the connection that we establish with words…
Another cold autumn day, clouds surround my city and first rain drops dance on my window,the phone makes a sound. E-mail from Volunteers Center Skopje: “Do you want to take part in the on-location training about learning design in the frame of the project “LeaD in Practice” in Athens, Greece?” Three phase project, online, on-location…
Hi. Our names are Ariton Bajrami and Amir Xhelili, and the following is a summary of our amazing stay in Baile Tusnad as youth workers. We were chosen and sent to this program by our local organization in Skopje called Volunteers Centre Skopje. “Get empowered, Get employed” was a program within the Erasmus+ program and…
Probably a milestone in Erasmus + programme, a training course with participants from 27 countries representing their cultures and working on minorities issues. Youth workers learning new methods how to combat minority discrimination and learning about the situations and realities in different countries. Interactive work and sharing of good practices is the core of non-formal…
The training course “Media Literacy: A step to inclusive society” that was held in Struga, Macedonia from 30th October – 7thof November, was the perfect chance for 29 participants from eight different European countries to widen their knowledge about the media world and the cultural differences in Europe The training course “Media Literacy: A step to…
The project “Sexuality and sexual behavior among youth” was held from first to 10 December in Bar, Montenegro, where participants from twelve European and Balkan countries participated. For me and Dimitar Chukovski as representatives of the Volunteer Center from Skopje, it was a privilege for us to be part of this project, primarily because of…
It has been already 5 months passed and I can proudly say that my experience from this volunteering has been very diverse and productive. I had leaned many new things and upgraded many of the once that I had already possessed. Starting from the very beginning I had the opportunity to support one of the…
Here, and we left 2017 behind us. In the coming days we will make a retrospective of what we have done, where we have been successful, and where we failed. And we promise ourselves that from the New Year… In fact, we should first look at our schedule and expel things that are not necessary.…
,,Entrepreneurial Youths in Visual Media” was the topic of the youth exchange that was held from 26th of October to 04th of November in Balan, Romania. Representatives of the following countries participated in this youth exchange: Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, Slovakia and Bulgaria. The representatives of the Volunteers Center Skopje actively participated in the daily activities within the…
We see their suffering and suffering, but we also admire the struggle, courage and endurance. Life was not generous to them, and they did not give in. Forced to leave their homes, their loved ones, and everything they have, they are confronted with misunderstanding, hatred and prejudice in countries where they require little sunshine, a…